Personal Development Planning (PDP)

Two new JISC resources on e-portfolios were launched at ALT-C in Leeds: a guide in the JISC Effective Practice series, Effective Practice with e-Portfolios, which explores effective practice in the use of e-portfolios as a support to learning in a digital age, and an infoKit on e-Portfolios from JISC infoNet.

A report from the JISC-CETIS conference held in Salford on the 14th and 15th November. This year, the focus was on "the gap between learning within the (fire)wall of a well-established institution and learning on the wild web and beyond."

JISC has published a very useful briefing paper summarising all its current e-portfolio projects. The paper also categorises the types of e-portfolio approaches projects are taking including e-portfolios for presentation, transition and learning.

A number of `scenarios of use` have been produced around systems that support the transfer of learner information, including e-portfolios and PDP, produced the projects within the JISC MLEs for Lifelong Learning programme.

The JISC Study to Explore the Legal and Records Management Issues Relating to the Concept of the Lifelong Learner Record (LLR) has been working since July 2004 investigating the legal implications of the lifelong learner record and supporting the JISC MLEs for Lifelong Learning projects.

The JISC web site for the Managed Learning Environments for LifeLong Learning contains details of projects and resources relating to learner progression, personal development planning and e-portfolios.